Rustavi school based civics club students’ implemented project “Active Citizenship - Democratic Values” promoting principles of democracy and active citizenship among the youth.
On October 8, 2013 Youth Festival was organized in Akhaltsikhe. Youth Festival is an annual initiative promoting cooperation between the school students and local government
The first round of GE Calls workshops for the selected school administrations took start in Poti, on October 18, 2013. The purpose of the training is the creation of legal culture development action plans of the schools.
he trainings were led by Civil Education experts Giorgi Gakheladze and Nino Kvitaishvili. During the three days they covered the topics of legal culture, juvenile justice, characteristics of the specific age-groups, effective communication, etc.
GE CALLS selected 20 partner schools in 4 cities of Georgia. Selection process was competitive and the winners will participate in GE CALLS School Based Prevention Programs.
The schools applied online after Program presentation in Telavi, Khashuri, Pori and Akhaltsikhe. Selection was made based on motivation letters describing schools' vision of crime prevention.
On October 8, 2013 Mr. David Stonehill, USAID Democracy and Governance Office Deputy Director visited Tbilisi public school # 42 to meet with the school civics club members.
On September 28, 2013 city Rustavi hosted 5 km bicycle marathon dedicated to World Heart Day. 70 Participants of the event were members of the Rustavi based civics clubs,
In September GE CALLS held presentations of two components in Telavi, Khashuri, Poti and Akhaltsikhe.
In total 35 schools in all four regions were informed on program concept and given instructions how to participate in the school-based programs.
Presentations of Community-led Initiatives Component and Small Grants Program were attended by 60 representatives from 36 NGOs of four regions.
